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Zuniga, Diana <br /> From: Michael Mavrovouniotis < <br /> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2025 3:33 PM <br /> To: eComment <br /> Subject: CITY COUNCIL, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT <br /> Follow Up Flag: Follow up <br /> Flag Status: Flagged <br /> Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana.Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br /> On May 20 the county board of supervisors is voting on the landscaping contract for OC Animal Care <br /> (OCAC). It's county business, but this city is receiving animal shelter services from OCAC. What the county <br /> does matter to the city. <br /> You don't need to ask the BOS to reject this contract. I'll assume that this contract is legitimate and not some <br /> type of favoritism. Please tell the BOS to get the county to deliver results on this contract. <br /> I don't know if it's the fault of the contractor or OC Community Resources, but the shelter play yards have <br /> deteriorated badly in 2022-2024. The decrepit yards send a negative signal to staff and volunteers, whom the <br /> shelter needs to recruit and retain. Staff and volunteers perceive the yards as an indicator of systemic <br /> mismanagement. (Some yard problems also pose safety risks.) <br /> Most of the shelter's grass yards used to be visible from public walkways. Beginning in the Spring of 2020 (the <br /> COVID outbreak),the shelter blocked public access to some areas, and these yards remain invisible to the <br /> public. This may be the reason for the neglect. <br /> You can look at the "After"photos in Karen Vaughn's piece. They came from volunteers or staff, in the weeks <br /> prior to the publication of that piece. <br /> I am attaching a map of OC Animal Care. The "Four Play Yards"just south of buildings 5 & 6 are the worst. <br /> On your next visit to OCAC, ask to visit and photograph the "Four Play Yards" south of buildings 5 & 6. Use <br /> the map to make sure you're seeing the correct yards. <br /> I'll say it before you do: You are NOT landscape inspectors. I don't want to be a landscape inspector <br /> myself. OC Community Resources can and should relieve all of us of this unwanted task by taking care of the <br /> yards. <br /> i <br />